Archive for September, 2010
Sweet Baby James’ Blossom
For our last week’s poll asking which James Taylor album was your favorite, it was Sweet Baby James, his second album released in 1970, by a landslide! (Tied for second were Gorilla and Mud Slide Slim.) So I thought I’d celebrate with Carole King and James performing “Blossom” — one of my favorite songs from […]
Lyrically, Alan Bergman
Alan and Marilyn Bergman have penned some of the best-loved American standards over the past 50 years, and with this masterpiece we finally get to hear Alan’s beautiful voice backed by orchestral arrangements that make this nothing short of a gift to us lucky listeners. Thank you Alan and Marilyn for all you’ve given us!
On This Harvest Moon
This year’s Harvest Moon was a special occasion that happened only six hours after the autumnal equinox. So Neil Young is the perfect person to wecome us into fall.
“Louie, Louie”
The world’s most infamous party song was penned by Richard Berry, a 21-year-old L.A. sideman and songwriter. Ot was originally conceived as a sailor’s lament.
Fett’s Video Interview with Lydia
Fett, who is a producer and was the Tech Editor at the Performing Songwriter magazine for many years, took a few minutes to sit down and talk with Lydia about the past year and plans for the future. The conversation is divided into five short videos that cover what has been going on since the magazine folded, the writing of “Letters From Lydia,” Performing Songwriter’s new life, the launch of Be Heard Music Media, and the importance of songwriters in our lives.
In Tribute to Kenny Edwards
On August 18th the music community lost one of its dearest friends when Kenny Edwards left this earth way too soon. For those who didn’t know him, he was a founding member of the Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt and Bobby Kimmel, a musical legend in the folk-rock movement of the late-’60s and early-‘70s, and an incredibly talented musician, producer, and songwriter. And for those who did know him, well, it’s kind of hard to find the words.